Most Active Articles 2010-03-20T21:46:16.591-04:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:crowdsourcing John Tozzi jtozzi282 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17583216186654948931-0f9bdc3a09326ed293150180618c3624 2010-03-19T14:52:16.821-04:00

Instead of asking silicon to perform complex pattern matching (finding words or concepts in text documents), speech recognition (transcription), or image processing (identifying road signs in photos), why not have software call out for help? That's the idea behind CrowdFlower's service.

Instead of asking silicon to perform complex pattern matching (finding words or concepts in text documents), speech recognition (transcription), or image processing (identifying road signs in photos), why not have software call out for help? That's the idea behind CrowdFlower's service. http://technoverseblog.com/2010/03/is-crowdflower-the-future-of-work/ Andy Green agreen036 32 32 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:417972939358997319-f4638c7bdc80aaef7083cd0613e7c2cf 2010-03-20T09:38:28.240-04:00

LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING to announce a new competition to define the next generation of mobile communication. If you are a U.S. resident (citizen or green card holder) age 18 (or age of majority in state of residence) and older, you can have a chance to design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards. Exercise your creative imagination and let your ideas be heard. You don't have to work for LG to make an impact on the future of mobile communication!

LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING to announce a new competition to define the next generation of mobile communication. If you are a U.S. resident (citizen or green card holder) age 18 (or age of majority in state of residence) and older, you can have a chance to design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards. Exercise your creative imagination and let your ideas be heard. You don't have to work for LG to make an impact on the future of mobile communication! http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2010/03/contest-imagine-future-of-mobile-phones.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12354870114829835204-d2197bb32c80593290be8cf0caed94a9 2010-03-18T15:44:10.698-04:00

The Next Economic Paradigm is arriving and the first entries include Foursquare. Few people understand the significance of this new class of social media applications. Foursquare contains many (but not yet all) of the components of the Innovation Economy that we have been discussing for several years at Ingenesist.com, Conversationalcurreny.com, and Relationship-economics.com.

The Next Economic Paradigm is arriving and the first entries include Foursquare. Few people understand the significance of this new class of social media applications. Foursquare contains many (but not yet all) of the components of the Innovation Economy that we have been discussing for several years at Ingenesist.com, Conversationalcurreny.com, and Relationship-economics.com. http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/foursquare-economics.html Daniel Robles drobles975 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17845208941536741348-75161f4e2323340ca4a422d659ab9556 2010-03-11T15:36:39.815-05:00

In the state of Washington, it costs 200 dollars to establish a Limited Liability Corporation. All the documents are online and there is no shortage of tutorials on the process. It’s a whole lot easier to get a job because it’s real easy for one...

In the state of Washington, it costs 200 dollars to establish a Limited Liability Corporation. All the documents are online and there is no shortage of tutorials on the process. It’s a whole lot easier to get a job because it’s real easy for one... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/everyone-inc.html Daniel Robles drobles975 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5055583499352253514-279775aa642b76b7bcead717377bf581 2010-03-07T09:18:52.616-05:00

"This has significant managerial implications: if the interactive build-up [of team brainstorming] is not leading to better ideas, an organization might be better off relying on asynchronous idea generation by individuals using, for example,...

"This has significant managerial implications: if the interactive build-up [of team brainstorming] is not leading to better ideas, an organization might be better off relying on asynchronous idea generation by individuals using, for example,... http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2010/03/distributed-idea-generation-outperforms.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 2 2 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11272297193399876905-b265fa932ab7b71f5db0f120a150ab0a 2010-02-23T17:16:26.628-05:00

Crowdsourcing: a wasteful duplication of work? Feb 14, 2010 (14:51) | crowdsourcing | By: chris The common view of crowdsourcing is this: A successful crowdsourced project is supposed to get dozens or hundreds of solutions. If I offer $500 as a...

Crowdsourcing: a wasteful duplication of work? Feb 14, 2010 (14:51) | crowdsourcing | By: chris The common view of crowdsourcing is this: A successful crowdsourced project is supposed to get dozens or hundreds of solutions. If I offer $500 as a... http://www.skillocracy.com/blog/2010/02/14/crowdsourcing-a-wasteful-duplication-of-work/ Chris Urban curban922 24 24 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1229623081096170909-f95e47ada9971d3857ea5335a66d1d42 2010-03-08T17:54:48.921-05:00

Yes, we know that social media is humongous. Yeah, we’ve all heard the 10 amazing ways to “fill-in-the-blank”. Nope, you are not allowed to shove your products down the consumer’s throat until you have earned their trust. Now, all of a sudden, a new...

Yes, we know that social media is humongous. Yeah, we’ve all heard the 10 amazing ways to “fill-in-the-blank”. Nope, you are not allowed to shove your products down the consumer’s throat until you have earned their trust. Now, all of a sudden, a new... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/finally-theyre-saying-something-new.html Daniel Robles drobles975 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10574629839732603217-045fa44ff904b9bbdc680d6fb19da0e3 2010-02-21T09:12:44.002-05:00

Crowdsourcing is heating up in terms of corporate interest. Pepsi's decision to skip the Super Bowl in favor of a crowdsourced ideas initiative - Pepsi Refresh - is an example of the interest in the market. Digital strategy, marketing and design...

Crowdsourcing is heating up in terms of corporate interest. Pepsi's decision to skip the Super Bowl in favor of a crowdsourced ideas initiative - Pepsi Refresh - is an example of the interest in the market. Digital strategy, marketing and design... http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2010/02/four-models-for-competitive.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 28 28 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13688151863097963562-3c5e7c21810cf11410db9fe9f4d1c78f 2010-02-23T09:36:35.680-05:00

Hundreds of community currencies are forming across the globe. Gaming currencies are jumping back into reality. Europeans communities are calling for the authority to print their own money arguing that the fractional reserve system is like trying to...

Hundreds of community currencies are forming across the globe. Gaming currencies are jumping back into reality. Europeans communities are calling for the authority to print their own money arguing that the fractional reserve system is like trying to... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/the-emergence-of-alternate-currencies.html Daniel Robles drobles975 19 18 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:342515325567301942-f23215189c555ca3e68debe0131a2ff8 2010-03-03T16:57:26.678-05:00

Making human knowledge and intentions tangible in a market place opens up the possibility of a whole new class of business plans. We call this Social Power by the Hour. A Social Trifecta 1. Obviously, Social Media is powerful. 2. Fractional...

Making human knowledge and intentions tangible in a market place opens up the possibility of a whole new class of business plans. We call this Social Power by the Hour. A Social Trifecta 1. Obviously, Social Media is powerful. 2. Fractional... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/social-power-by-the-hour.html Daniel Robles drobles975 3 3 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5508679289523445729-88c79fe49486046c63ca9784f278ba92 2010-01-31T00:45:43.518-05:00

The opportunity to tap the power of the crowd has spawned a whole regime of companies that promise to break down barriers and unlock the potential of the masses. But beneath this recent trend lie major fundamental flaws. Don't get me wrong.

The opportunity to tap the power of the crowd has spawned a whole regime of companies that promise to break down barriers and unlock the potential of the masses. But beneath this recent trend lie major fundamental flaws. Don't get me wrong. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2010/id20100122_047502.htm Sri Chandra Sekhar Kallakuri skallakuri312 37 35 0 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3579837591381457586-8fee982dd852579bb68b025bcc1e1173 2010-02-16T15:16:28.391-05:00

Innovation is most often defined as a good idea that has a favorable economic outcome – in other words, you know it when you sell it. I have seen Corporate executives glow red in the face shouting down top talent barking out; “It’s not innovation...

Innovation is most often defined as a good idea that has a favorable economic outcome – in other words, you know it when you sell it. I have seen Corporate executives glow red in the face shouting down top talent barking out; “It’s not innovation... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/the-new-definition-of-innovation.html Daniel Robles drobles975 11 10 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4315862896469811517-fa9ad2a26abb378976891b7725fd12f0 2010-01-13T21:26:11.210-05:00

Powering Crowdsourcing: Technology’s role in the new way of working Crowdsourcing has always been available as a business idea. But it wasn’t until a majority of the world was connected – via the broad penetration of Internet and mobile access – that it really gained widespread acceptance. Collaborative technologies now exist in the mainstream, in the form of wikis, Mechanical Turk, forums and the like. Some businesses are even pushing ahead to create their own in-house solutions. One company built an interactive stock market platform that aggregated information from low- to mid-level employees to build forecasts for projects under development. With James Surowiecki, we discuss crowdsourcing theory and explore how companies of the future might harness new technology to mine the collective wisdom of the crowd – tapping into new levels of ideation and innovation, intelligent prediction and solution-finding schemas.

Powering Crowdsourcing: Technology’s role in the new way of working Crowdsourcing has always been available as a business idea. But it wasn’t until a majority of the world was connected – via the broad penetration of Internet and mobile access – that it really gained widespread acceptance. Collaborative technologies now exist in the mainstream, in the form of wikis, Mechanical Turk, forums and the like. Some businesses are even pushing ahead to create their own in-house solutions. One company built an interactive stock market platform that aggregated information from low- to mid-level employees to build forecasts for projects under development. With James Surowiecki, we discuss crowdsourcing theory and explore how companies of the future might harness new technology to mine the collective wisdom of the crowd – tapping into new levels of ideation and innovation, intelligent prediction and solution-finding schemas. http://www.hp.com/large/campaign/input/index.html?jumpid=ex_r11400_us/en/large/IPG/ico_twtr_ Steve Bobrov sbobrov064 37 36 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10453997821074557445-84aa4b9e8c9df80b31ada304062efb5f 2010-02-23T10:03:35.828-05:00

The knowledge economy is a completely different asset than the industrial revolution’s Land, labor, Capital economy. Yet, our modern accounting systems and even our definitions of terms such as innovation, work, employment, education, are built from...

The knowledge economy is a completely different asset than the industrial revolution’s Land, labor, Capital economy. Yet, our modern accounting systems and even our definitions of terms such as innovation, work, employment, education, are built from... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/video-the-calculus-of-global-outsourcing.html Daniel Robles drobles975 2 2 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2695508784556907466-39b7aaab456bc445bfdb77d9daa74ca9 2010-01-22T14:02:29.276-05:00

Mountain Dew is in the midst of a social media experiment that will heed the crowd to an extent perhaps no major corporation has yet attempted, not only in the creation of a new brand but in who will be hired to market it. Companies have been...

Mountain Dew is in the midst of a social media experiment that will heed the crowd to an extent perhaps no major corporation has yet attempted, not only in the creation of a new brand but in who will be hired to market it. Companies have been... http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/01/dew-does-the-crowd/ Eric Tsai etsai275 26 25 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10767289169567889015-d21d220d99fbe47afba241c93eddb0c3 2010-02-22T00:04:59.375-05:00

Where the vetting mechanism fails, the system fails. This has happened in countless instances from the current financial crisis to nearly every product, market, environmental calamity, or political failure in recorded history – the referees who were...

Where the vetting mechanism fails, the system fails. This has happened in countless instances from the current financial crisis to nearly every product, market, environmental calamity, or political failure in recorded history – the referees who were... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/social-media-as-a-vetting-mechanism.html Daniel Robles drobles975 2 2 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14818354711926672590-0a7653fefb6daa1ebb958f11e8ba2a1e 2010-02-21T22:45:53.429-05:00

Our culture organizes itself around winners and losers. Corporations reflect this competitive nature to the core of their Capitalist doctrine. Sports analogies abound across the enterprise straight through to the HR department always on the lookout...

Our culture organizes itself around winners and losers. Corporations reflect this competitive nature to the core of their Capitalist doctrine. Sports analogies abound across the enterprise straight through to the HR department always on the lookout... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/a-community-of-knowledge-assets.html Daniel Robles drobles975 3 2 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7903939186817158608-7d219afd38ff89cbd20c5616bb674a3c 2010-02-07T13:35:07.105-05:00

Meet the new Org Chart. A corporation is simply a legal entity – otherwise, it is fictitious. A corporation is made up of people who have a social agreement among themselves to do what is in the best interest of the legal entity. There is very little...

Meet the new Org Chart. A corporation is simply a legal entity – otherwise, it is fictitious. A corporation is made up of people who have a social agreement among themselves to do what is in the best interest of the legal entity. There is very little... http://www.ingenesist.com/general-info/video-will-social-capitalism-replace-the-corporation.html Daniel Robles drobles975 5 5 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4124978246162247243-13aaa6ef58967890a0d9458058810d2e 2010-01-19T20:31:33.823-05:00

Internal crowd sourcing, great way to get ideas from all associates

Internal crowd sourcing, great way to get ideas from all associates http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100201/rounding-up-staff-ideas.html Robert Brands rbrands825 8 8 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13353284579370837545-51188a100336a3d770af93d35ccbb9dd 2009-09-28T09:23:42.982-04:00

Next-generation enterprises looking to drive efficiency and innovation have recently been able to tap into online communities to offload work. For the first time since outsourcing became prevalent in the 90s -- making it easier to move tasks out to...

Next-generation enterprises looking to drive efficiency and innovation have recently been able to tap into online communities to offload work. For the first time since outsourcing became prevalent in the 90s -- making it easier to move tasks out to... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2009/09/crowdsourcing_5_reasons_its_no.php Yamill Vallecillo yvallecillo161 49 47 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11360072535400055751-690b20e11788e18f5257ea27a1a9c390 2010-01-05T17:28:00.013-05:00

If you’re “on Twitter”, no doubt you’ve noticed different Tweeple running polls from time to time. We ran our first poll on Twitter over 3 years ago which resulted in the post, “Guide to Twitter as a Tool for Marketing and PR“, offering insights...

If you’re “on Twitter”, no doubt you’ve noticed different Tweeple running polls from time to time. We ran our first poll on Twitter over 3 years ago which resulted in the post, “Guide to Twitter as a Tool for Marketing and PR“, offering insights... http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/01/twitter-tips-polls/ Eric Tsai etsai275 6 6 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14990608421507683318-708dc76742bd8ab093c5f5ce9629162d 2009-03-07T00:32:30.647-05:00

Much has been written about 'crowdsourcing' and the 'wisdom of the crowd' over the past couple of years, including "Crowdsourcing" by Jeff Howe - a contributing editor at Wired magazine, and "Wisdom of the Crowd" by James Surowiecki - a staff writer at The New Yorker. Crowdsourcing - "The act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call." - Jeff Howe

Much has been written about 'crowdsourcing' and the 'wisdom of the crowd' over the past couple of years, including "Crowdsourcing" by Jeff Howe - a contributing editor at Wired magazine, and "Wisdom of the Crowd" by James Surowiecki - a staff writer at The New Yorker. Crowdsourcing - "The act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call." - Jeff Howe http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/03/is-crowdsourcing-fad-or-foundational.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 57 57 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10496556117781839361-b0e0d9021f0b2186e988063410201485 2009-12-10T09:00:15.157-05:00

Crowdsourcing has been praised as a creative, efficient trend that will outlast the recession, but it often falls short of its promise. True or not?

Crowdsourcing has been praised as a creative, efficient trend that will outlast the recession, but it often falls short of its promise. True or not? http://commetrics.com/articles/crowds-do-not-innovate/ Urs E. Gattiker ugattiker307 15 15 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12503297738073052241-4cd58c59b0619f90727a98c74f5c0fbc 2009-12-22T08:47:34.699-05:00

For those of you who asked, here is the video of my six minute speech at the TEDx NASA conference. Enjoy.

For those of you who asked, here is the video of my six minute speech at the TEDx NASA conference. Enjoy. http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2009/12/its-not-rocket-science.html Braden Kelley bkelley034 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8639996474364336145-f0cd9a5ce2d053ca15bb2ab0f170e995 2009-12-03T10:23:40.321-05:00

Cards — Check & Pay Bill

Cards — Check & Pay Bill http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/video/principles-of-crowdsourcing-1-pick-the-right-crowd Scott Miller smiller623 16 16 0 0